Frank Pallone: “I have amendments en bloc at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. DelBene). The Clerk will designate the amendments en…”

“I have amendments en bloc at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. DelBene). The Clerk will designate the amendments en bloc. Amendments en bloc No. 3 consisting of amendment Nos. 12, 13, 28, 30, 51 and 91, printed in part B of House Report 116-528, offered by Mr. Pallone of New Jersey: Amendment No. 12 Offered by Mr. Burgess of Texas At the end of subtitle F of title XII, insert the following: SEC. 12607. REPORT TO CONGRESS. The Secretary of Energy shall report to Congress on the effect of variable and distributed energy resources on the reliability of the electric grid, specifically pertaining to natural disasters and physical or cyber attacks on the grid infrastructure. Amendment No. 13 Offered by Mr. Burgess of Texas Add after section 12606 the following: SEC. 12607. REPORT ON DUPLICATION OF EFFORTS AMONG APPLIED ENERGY PROGRAMS. Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall report to Congress that includes the following: (1) A description of potential duplication of research efforts among the applied energy programs of the Department of Energy. (2) An evaluation of the opportunity costs associated with such duplication. (3) Recommendations on how to streamline the research grant process. (4) A description of the effects of combining projects that are duplicative with one another. Page 9, after the matter relating to Section 12606, insert the following: Sec. 12607.…”